Reducing Biological Risks to Security: International Policy Recommendations for the Obama Administration [PDF]
Summarizes discussions among biotechnology and life sciences experts on the risks of bioterrorism and threats to public health and agriculture.
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Genes, fish and fisheries: translating science into policy
Abstract The 2024 Annual Symposium of the Fisheries Society of the British Isles reviewed the burgeoning impact of ‘omics’ technologies on fish ecology, management and forecasting. As with life sciences more generally, major advances in speed, cost‐effectiveness and breadth of applications in ‘omics’ has had profound societal and environmental impacts.
Gary R. Carvalho
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Medical Bureau of Road Safety 5 year corporate strategic plan 2012 - 2016. [PDF]
The strategy takes into account the proposed changes in work load based on trend analysis of previous years and also takes into consideration the proposed changes to legislation that are planned for later in 2011.
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Erythrocyte ‘Feierzeit’ reaction: Novel filamentous and vesicular response to n‐butyl acetate
Abstract Human erythrocytes (red blood cells; RBCs) undergo spontaneous disassembly after several hours of exposure to n‐butyl acetate (nBA). Images of the morphological changes were captured in time‐lapse sequences using differential interference contrast (DIC) light microscopy.
Philip W. Kuchel
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Field Theory and Colonialism: Indirect Colonial Situation as a Social Field in Egypt (1882–1922)
ABSTRACT This paper argues that Egypt under British rule (1882–1922) constituted a field of power in which the local state of Egypt and the British administration competed to dominate three key subfields to ensure control over a contested territory: the modern courts system, policing, and agricultural production.
Mehdi Hoseini
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From agnosis to accidental activism: Infinite regress and the Post Office Scandal
Abstract This paper explores the lived experiences of victims/survivors affected by the UK Post Office Scandal, drawing on 28 in‐depth interviews and critical legal analysis. It uses the concept of ‘accidental activism’ to explore how victims, initially isolated and disempowered, became central agents of justice reform.
SALLY DAY +3 more
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Prefiguring truth: The limits of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Abstract Public inquiries operate as privileged instruments of sense‐making, defined by a series of epistemological and methodological commitments. The Grenfell Tower Inquiry was established to uncover the truth of the fire in which seventy‐two people died. This article interrogates the truth‐seeking and truth‐producing practices of the Inquiry.
JAMIE M. JOHNSON +2 more
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Old Skool Spinning and Syncing: Memory, Technologies, and Occupational Membership in a DJ Community
Abstract We show how technology and its temporal instantiations act as material‐relational mnemonic devices that provide temporal anchors for collective remembering in occupations and form the basis of what we call an 'occupational mnemonic community'.
Hamid Foroughi +2 more
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Abstract Purpose Although interviews are individual in nature, and suggestiveness is a major pitfall when questioning children, individual differences in interviewer bias and suggestiveness remain understudied. We assessed relationships between Cognitions and Emotions about Child Sexual Abuse (CECSA) with suggestive questioning and bias across three ...
Elsa Gewehr +4 more
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Unchained voices: Exploring incarcerated women's pathways to restorative justice
Abstract Purpose Restorative justice (RJ) is an approach to justice that focuses on repairing the harm caused by criminal offences through dialogue, accountability and reparation. Despite its growing recognition, the implementation of RJ programmes within prison settings remains limited, particularly in women's prisons.
Inbal Peleg‐Koriat +1 more
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